Cover for wells



(No Model.)

A. S. KIRBY.

COVER FOR WELLS, OISTERNS, 8:0.

310262.095. Patented May 3, 1887.

WWW M y A fiorney UNITED STATES PATENT O FICE.

ABNER S. KIRBY, OF-FREDERIOKTOlVN, OH IO.

COVER FOR WELLS, CISTERNS, 86C.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 362,095, dated May 3,1857.

Applieationfiled Sepiernheri, 1986. Serial No. 212,704. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABNER S. KIRBY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Fredericktown, in the county of Knox, State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Covers for Wells,Oisterns, &c., of which the following is a specification. refence beinghad therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention has relation to covers for wells, cisterns, and otherwater-receptacles of this character; and the ohjectof theinvention is toproduce a cover for the above purpose that shall be easy of manufacture,cheap and durable, that may be easily put in position and removed forthe purpose of cleaning and repairing the well, and which is readilyadapted to receive pumps or other water-elevators of different-sizedstocks, or barrels.

The invention consistsin certain features of construction, hereinafterdescribed, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan, and Fig. 2 a bottom plan,of a well-cover constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 3represents a well in section with my cover in position thereon. Figs. 4,5, and 6 are details, hereinafter described.

Like letters indicate like parts in all the fig ures of the drawings.

The cover as an entirety consists of two separable circular cast orwrought iron castings, A B. The cover A, which may be either round orsquare, and which is stationary upon the wall of a well, is formed witha head or flange, A, and a spout, A and is higher or gradually inclinedupwardly toward its center, thereby forming a water-shed. The center ofthe cover is formed with an annular opening, and upon its under surfaceis formedadepending collar,

A adapted to snugly fit within the walls 0 of a well, the edge of thecover extending beyond said walls to a desired distance. This cover whenplaced upon the walls of a well is station-- ary, and is held in placeby means of the depending flange or collar A flwhich is embraced by thewalls. If desired, however, other meanssuch as spikes may be used foraiding the collar in retaining the coverin proper position, althoughsnchdevices are not considered necessary.

Adapted to fit the annular opening in the stationary cover A is aremovable cover, B, formed of cast or wrought iron, and consisting oftwosect-ions, B 13*, said sections,when placed together, forming a circularcover, and upon t-hennder surface of each of the sections, and near theedge thereof, is formed a depending flange, B upon which are formedoutwardlyextendinglugs 13*, which are belowthe top plane of the cover A,and are adapted to take under the chamfered edge. of its annularopening. Recesses or notches A are formed in the edge of the opening,correspondingin size, number, and location with the lugs Bin the sectionB, upon which, in this instance, there are four. One of the sections-inthis instance the section Bis provided with a recess or cut-out portion,B for the passage therethrough of the pump-stock or otherwater-elevating device D, (see dotted lines, Fig. 3,) and althoughherein illustrated as square, itis apparent that it may be round or anyother form in crosssection, in accordance withthe character ofwater-elevating device employed in connection therewith.

For the purpose of preventing the pumpstock or other portion of thewater-elevator which passes through the cover from becoming worn by theedges of the plate or cover B and decayed by water stagnatingtherearound,-and for preventing waste water from running back into thewell through said aperture, and also to provide means whereby the recessB may be made to fit any size pumpstock, I provide aninterchangeable,removable,cast or wrought iron collar, E, which, as itis square in this instance, is composed of four separate sections, E E EE, or it may be composed of any number of sections, two being convenientwhen the pump-stock is circular. The section E* may, if desired, be castintegral with the cover-section 13*, as may also the remainder of thecollar be cast with the companion section, if found practicableforinstance, where covers of this character are being manufactured for acertain make ofpump where the size of its barrel or stock is uniformlythe same. These collarsections are provided with central longitudinalgrooves E (see Fig. 6,) which are adapted to embrace the edge of theopening B and are formed with a mortise or other suitable joint ICO attheir ends,whereby they are held in position. Opposite ends of theopposite sections E E may also not only be notched, as at E, to em Fromthe above description it is apparentthat any ordinary pump may be used,and that by sliding the cover B around until the lugs B of the section Bregister with the recesses A said section may be removed for any purposesuch as cleaning or repairing the well or pump, &c.-without thenecessity of removing the entire cover or pump. It is also apparent thatwater drawn from the well and not caught will run down the inclinedcovers to the flange A, and may be conducted from the'spout or lip A toa sewer, gutter, or any waste-water receptacle. By the use of this covernot only is water prevented from re-entering the well, but also dirt andother objec: tionable refuse of all kinds, and a safe cover a isprovided, whereby accidents of various kinds are obviated.

By reason of the tightly-fitting cover the naturally warm air in winterin the well is retained, whereby ice is prevented from forming upon thecover.

A strip, B may be cast upon one of the sections of the cover B, toprevent the re-entering of water at that point, or any desiredoverlapping joint may be formed, as desired.

Having described my invention and its operation, what I claim is- 1. Thecombination of a stationary cover formed with an opening with anindependent removable cover adapted to fit said opening, and providedwith a pump-stock recess having removable collars, whereby the recess isadapted for different-sized pumps, substantially as specified.

2. The combination of the stationary cover A, having flanges A A andprovided with an opening and recesses A of the cover 13, made insections B B and having opening B flange B and lugs B, substantially asspecified.

3. The covers A and B, the latter formed with the recess B incombination with rep movable collar-sections mortised at their corners,substantially as specified.

4. The collarsections E E E E*, having groove E and mortised or lookingends B in combination with a well-cover provided with a pump-stockreceiving aperture, as B and with a pump or other water-elevatingdevice, as D, substantially as specified.

-5. In a well-cover, and asameans for adapting stock-recesses todifferent-sized stocks, removable eollarsections grooved to embrace thecover and shouldered to receive the end of an adjacent section.substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I atfix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

ABNER S. KIRBY.

\Vitnesses: V

B. F. MoRsE, MonRIs HAGERTY.

